VB.Net Console 
       Student Booklet 
       by Doug Semple 
       Tasks and sample programs to teach the AQA GCE Computing COMP1 syllabus.    
        
       AQA COMP1                           VB Console 
       Contents 
       Download and Setup ............................................................................................................................... 3 
       Your first program ................................................................................................................................... 3 
       Example Program 1 – Sequence ............................................................................................................. 4 
       Example Program 2 - Assignment ........................................................................................................... 5 
       Example Program 3 - Arithmetic ............................................................................................................. 6 
       Example Program 4 – Selection .............................................................................................................. 7 
       Example Program 5 - Relational operators ............................................................................................. 8 
       Example Program 6 - Boolean operators ................................................................................................ 9 
       Moderation Exercise 1 – Central Heating ............................................................................................. 10 
       Example Program 7 - Logical bitwise operators.................................................................................... 11 
       Example Program 8 - Built-in functions ................................................................................................ 12 
       Example Program 9 ............................................................................................................................... 13 
       Example Program 10 ............................................................................................................................. 14 
       Example Program 11 - Repetition ......................................................................................................... 15 
       Section 12 - Flowcharts ......................................................................................................................... 16 
       Example Program 13 – Procedures & Functions ................................................................................... 18 
       Section 14 – By Ref vs. By Val ............................................................................................................... 19 
       Moderation Exercise 2 – Car Hire ......................................................................................................... 20 
       Example Program 15 - Constants .......................................................................................................... 21 
       Example Program 16 - Data Structures ................................................................................................. 22 
       Other Built-in Data Types ...................................................................................................................... 23 
         Byte ............................................................................................................................................... 23 
         Enumerated .................................................................................................................................. 23 
         Records.......................................................................................................................................... 24 
       Example Program 17 – 1 dimensional arrays ........................................................................................ 26 
                                                 
       Example Program 18a – Read from a text file ...................................................................................... 27
       Example Program 18b – Write to a text file ......................................................................................... 28 
       Example Program 19 ............................................................................................................................. 29 
       Example Program 20 - Validation ......................................................................................................... 30 
       Example Program 21 – 2 dimensional arrays ........................................................................................ 31 
       Example Program 22 – Enumerated ..................................................................................................... 32 
       Section 23 - Set operators ..................................................................................................................... 33 
        Union ................................................................................................................................................. 33 
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       AQA COMP1                           VB Console 
        Range ................................................................................................................................................ 33 
        Intersection ....................................................................................................................................... 33 
        Difference (Distinct) .......................................................................................................................... 34 
        Membership (Contains) .................................................................................................................... 36 
       Example Program 24 - Linear search .................................................................................................... 37 
       Example Program 25 - Bubble sort ....................................................................................................... 38 
       Extension Set A: Form Applications ...................................................................................................... 39 
       Extension Set B: COMP1 Revision ......................................................................................................... 40 
        
                     
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             AQA COMP1                                                          VB Console 
             Download and Setup 
             Download VB Express and install it on your computer at home.   
             http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-2010-express
                                                                           
             If you don’t run Windows as your operating system you can try using Mono 
             http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html
                                                            
              
             Your first program 
             Start a new Project and select Console Application.  Type the following code: 
             module module1 
                    sub main() 
                            console.writeline("Hello World!")     
                            console.readKey()   
                    end sub 
             end module 
              
             (Press F5 to run the code) 
              
             Tasks 
             0.1 – Write a program that displays the message “Hello Dave” 
             0.2 – Write a program that displays the message “My name is Dave and I live in Brussels” (replace 
             Dave and Brussels  with your own information) 
             0.3 – Write a program that displays the lyrics to your national anthem.  Each line of the song should 
             be on a fresh line.   
              
              
              
                                      
             Doug Semple 2013                                                           3